EDOP Block Diagram

  • Real-time, digital IF, processing to provide reflectivity and pulse pair velocity estimates.
  • 738 range gates; 12bit digitization
  • 37.5 meter gate spacing
  • data storage 125 kbytes/s; 3gbyte/flight
  • periodic internal calibrations during flight
  • at pulse repitition frequency=4.4 khz, nyquist velocity=34 m/s; maximum range=34 km
  • NCAR's VIRAQ and quad digital receiver hardware provides matched filtering, amplitude,
  • and in-phase/ quadrature measurements

Pre 1998 Diagram

Post 1998 Diagram